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Letters: Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article about the prayer row at Michaela community school in London

After being forced to flee my home and leave my family behind, it has been my faith, passed on to me by my late father, that has got me through

In his Commons statement yesterday, Rishi Sunak was right to characterise last Thursday’s strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen as “limited, not escalatory” and a necessary act of self-defence after the unconscionable attacks on civilian and military shipping in the Red Sea.

Ban will come into force on Friday if approved by UK parliament, putting group on par with IS and al-Qaida

The Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah (or “supporters of God”), are a violent militia group that currently exercise de facto control over much of northern Yemen. Formed in the 1990s, the group was named after its founder, Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, and they follow the Zaidi branch of Shia Islam…

On hijab, there is an overlap in the objectives of the Western colonial project and the Hindutva’s majoritarian agenda

Far-right Dutch election winner Geert Wilders is withdrawing legislation he proposed in 2018 that calls for a ban on mosques and the Quran

State legislatures across the United States have introduced over 400 bills to limit transgender Americans’ rights. Many of these bills’ sponsors, such as the Christian nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom, cite Christian values as well as the values of the other Abrahamic faiths – Judaism and Islam – to justify their…

Beijing organises visits to region where it is accused of potential crimes against humanity, but not all are convinced.

From the continuing crisis in Myanmar to the US’s expanding military ties, these are Al Jazeera’s highlights.

A survey released last month suggests approximately 60 percent of Brazilian Muslims experienced religious intolerance.